Background
Gillin, John Philip was born on August 1, 1907 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Son of John Lewis and Etta (Shaffner) Gillin.
Gillin, John Philip was born on August 1, 1907 in Waterloo, Iowa, United States. Son of John Lewis and Etta (Shaffner) Gillin.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Wisconsin, 1927, Master of Arts, 1930. Postgraduate U. Berlin, U. London School Economics, 1928. Master of Arts, Harvard, 1931, Doctor of Philosophy, 1934.
1 son, John Christian. Anthropological field work in Algeria, Europe, 1930, New Mexico, 1931, British Guiana, 1932-1933, Ecuador and eastern Peru, 1934-1935, Utah, 1936-1937, Wisconsin, 1938-1939, Guatemala, 1942, 46, 48, Peru, 1944-1945, Colombia, 1946, Cuba, 1948, various parts Latin American, Europe, 1958-1973. Staff Peabody Museum, 1934-1935.
Faculty Sarah Lawrence, 1933-1934, U. Utah, 1935-1937.
Ohio State University, 1937-1941, Duke, 1941-1946. Professor anthropology and research U. North Carolina, 1946-1959.
Dean division social science, professor anthropology U. Pittsburgh, 1959-1962. Research professor anthropology National Institute Mental Health Career, 1962-1972.
Visiting professor Columbia, 1957-1958, U. Hawaii, summer 1956.
Honorary fellow in psychology Yale, 1940-1941. Member of the board of economics warfare, United States embassy, Lima, Peru, 1942-1944. Smithsonian representative, Peru, 1944-1945.
Research associate Carnegie Institution Washington, 1942, 46.
Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences fellow, 1954-1955.
Member of the board of economics warfare, United States embassy, Lima, Peru, 1942-1944. Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Anthropological Association (Executive Board 1949-1952, president 1965-1966). Clubs: Torch.
Married Helen Norgord, March 29, 1934.